Maria works every day, for her there are no days off, even, there are no Saturdays or Sundays. Her working day is full time, the day in a row, as if they were double shifts, day and night in a row, her mind and her physical body are spent more than 12 hours a day on duty.
Some will think of remote work, or teleworking, the modality that computerization and the internet have made it possible to carry out in all these months of pandemic, and of quarantine that forced thousands to stay and shelter inside their homes to avoid contagion. .
However, when María takes her cell phone it is to open WhatsApp for a moment, check the latest posts on Facebook, and perhaps if the day goes smoothly, she will have the chance to see a chapter of the Turkish novel that makes her imagine another world outside. of its four walls.
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There are not a few demeaning comments or little recognition of those who are dedicated to taking care of the house, and also of parents, grandparents, people with disabilities, many, in addition to caregivers, are one hundred percent housewives.
It is when it is up to someone in the foreground or someone in the family to assume responsibility, the moment when those closest to them collide and recognize the sacrificed and exhausting work that can take place between days, weeks, months or years of dedication.
Likewise, housewives, who are in charge of washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, looking for errands, going to the market, the pharmacy, taking and picking up the little ones from school deserve the same recognition as those who work in the street, or keep your job within your own home.
Although the event agreed on March 30, 1988 is like the International Day of Domestic Workers, in other words, domestic workers, both these and housewives have suffered over the years from strong discrimination.
The maids, for their part, despite the fact that they are hired to do the chores of someone else’s home, suffer from low wages and are subject to legal loopholes, without laws that protect them and ensure their rights like any other worker.
Numerous materials in text and audiovisual production have collected throughout history the injustices and abuses that these women, like the vast majority, have suffered due to misguided stereotypes. However, today in the XXI century the phenomenon persists, falls on millions of illegal immigrants, Latinos, discriminated against blacks and some, subjected to a kind of modern slavery.
